2015 RS200 Southern Championships overall

by Lucy Preston on 26 Jun 2015 2015 RS200 Southern Championships – Over the weekend of 20-21 June, our biggest fleet this year of 40 boats assembled at Parkstone Yacht Club. After sailing out of the Harbour, we set up course with the 400s and 300s along the coast line.

The first race got underway in a decent 10 knot breeze. Ian Martin and Chloe Martin stormed off with Nick Charles/Alice Eyre in close pursuit. The local knowledge in their boat wasn’t quite enough to clasp the victory leaving Ian/Chloe with the win, Nick/Alice in second and David Jessop/Clare Michelmore in third.

The second race threw up a more open racetrack and after trucking downwind, Mark Heather/Lucy Preston seized the win with George Yeoman/Sophie Ormsby and Ian/Chloe chasing them down.

The breeze picked up for the third race, with some big black rain clouds blowing through. This time it was George and Sophie who took the win, with Ally Martin/Simon Potts and Matt Mee/Emma Norris behind.

We then faced a huge sail in and after seven hours on the water, we rested our weary bones in the clubhouse.

The forecast for the Sunday was light… but luckily for the race officer, and most members of the fleet, this was certainly not the case.

We arrived on the race course with more breeze and a keen fleet. Race four was underway and it was clear from the first upwind that there was a tight battle to be fought. In the end, Ian/Chloe pulled away and took the victory with Mark/Lucy, George/Sophie following behind.

The breeze was building by the fifth race and there were some big gains to be made. Ian/Chloe went on to consolidate with another win. Locals Ed Whitehead and Kate Allam found second with George/Sophie in third.

Now if any of you have keen maths skills, or were paying attention to the results, at this point Ian and Chloe had the event with a necessary discard. George and Sophie had a consistent score line which meant victory could be theirs. So what do team racing pros like George and Sophie do? Hunt Ian and Chloe down of course! The breeze was steadily building and as the rest of the fleet got racing, George/Sophie held Ian/Chloe behind the start line.

In the front, Mark/Lucy stole first from Tim Saxton and Holly Scott on the first downwind leg. Unfortunately for them, they lost out to Ally/Simon who absolutely bossed the second upwind and sailed on for the win with Mark/Lucy in second. It’s certainly not Ian/Chloe’s first rodeo, and they managed to get out from George/Sophie’s aggressive jib flapping and battled through to third, having stuck George/Sophie behind the pack.

This meant that an impressive show from Ian/Chloe left them in the top spot with George/Sophie in second and Mark/Lucy in third.

Thanks to Parkstone for hosting such a fantastic event and it was great to catch up with the other fleets.

Events upcoming:
27/28 June – Filey SC
5 July – Weir Wood SC
11/12 July – Weymouth Regatta
17/18 July – HISC

Full results

Rank	HelmName	CrewName	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
First	Ian Martin	Chloe Martin	Burghfield SC	1	3	-13	1	1	3	22	9
Second	George Yeoman	Sophie Ormsby	Itchenor SC	6	2	1	3	3	-13	28	15
Third	Mark Heather	Lucy Preston	Island Barn Reservoir SC	-10	1	6	2	7	2	28	18
Fourth	Ally Martin	Simon Potts	Burghfield SC	7	-10	2	5	9	1	34	24
Fifth	Matt Mee	Emma Norris	Wharf Bay/Burghfield SC	4	5	3	-9	6	6	33	24
Sixth	Tim Saxton	Holly Scott	GWSC	8	4	5	6	-12	4	39	27
Seventh	Edd Whitehead	Kate Allam	Parkstone YC	5	9	(41.0 DSQ)	4	2	9	70	29
Eighth	Nick Charles	Alice Eyre	Parkstone YC	2	8	9	8	4	-11	42	31
Ninth	Chris Catt	Roz McGrane	Netley SC	-12	6	8	7	5	7	45	33
10th	David Jessop	Clare Michelmore	Papercourt SC	3	-16	16	16	8	5	64	48
11th	Andy Hadfield	Millie Alcock	Parkstone YC	-15	11	4	14	10	12	66	51
12th	Dicken Maclean	Emma Pearson	HISC	11	7	11	15	13	-17	74	57
13th	Tom Brophy	Amy Yeoman	Parkstone YC	-17	14	7	13	17	8	76	59
14th	Charlie Poyner	James Duncalfe	Emsworth SC	-20	12	10	17	11	14	84	64
15th	Alistair Norris	Fred Mainwaring	Red Wharf Bay SC	-21	13	12	10	15	15	86	65
16th	Karen Baker	Jo Allam	Parkstone YC	14	15	19	11	14	(41.0 RTD)	114	73
17th	Charlotte Savage	Mike Wood	RYA	-19	19	17	12	19	10	96	77
18th	Matt Bromley	Andrea Bromley		13	18	15	19	-23	18	106	83
19th	Chris Bower	Max Carey	Parkstone YC	18	20	18	21	18	-22	117	95
20th	Owain Hughes	Sam Norman	Parkstone YC	22	22	20	22	20	(41.0 DNS)	147	106
21st	Andrew Barnett	Jo Lloyd	Island Barn Reservoir SC	24	23	23	-25	21	21	137	112
22nd	Rob Ashman	Ollie Aldridge		23	(41.0 RTD)	41.0 DNC	20	16	16	157	116
23rd	Amber Brown	Libby Courage	Weston SC	-33	26	14	33	25	24	155	122
24th	Harry Gildchrist	Giles Kuzyk	Itchenor SC	25	24	-31	28	27	19	154	123
25th	Dave Pointer	Jan Pointer	Parkstone YC	-35	27	21	26	28	23	160	125
26th	Peter Loretto	Becky Kidd	Parkstone YC	26	25	22	-27	26	26	152	125
27th	Paul Frey	Dave Mitchell	Parkstone YC	-34	30	30	23	24	20	161	127
28th	Christian Birrell	Saskia Clark	Parkstone YC	9	(41.0 DNF)	41.0 DNC	18	22	41.0 RTD	172	131
29th	Jim Sowden	Tom Crutchley	Mudeford SC	27	21	34	24	32	(41.0 RTD)	179	138
30th	Tony Wilkinson	Mike Christopher	Parkstone YC	30	-34	24	32	30	25	175	141
31st	Kirsten Glen	Duncan Glen	Parkstone YC	16	17	27	(41.0 DNC)	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	183	142
32nd	Johnny Currell	Nick Pugh	Parkstone YC	39	(41.0 DNF)	28	30	33	27	198	157
33rd	Richard Brown	Judith Brown	Draycote Water SC	28	31	26	(41.0 DNC)	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	208	167
34th	Callum Bright	Siobhan Orr	Wembley SC	36	(41.0 DNF)	33	29	31	41.0 RTD	211	170
35th	Alex Palmer	David Markey	Parkstone YC	32	32	25	(41.0 DNC)	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	212	171
36th	Simon Philbrick	Carole	Poole YC	29	28	32	(41.0 RTD)	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	212	171
37th	Ben Townsend	F. Heap	Emsworth SC	38	33	(41.0 DNS)	31	29	41.0 DNS	213	172
38th	Paul Williams	Conner Banks	Bristol Corinthian YC	37	29	29	(41.0 DNC)	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	218	177
39th	Shaun Robson	Marie Smith	Parkstone YC	31	35	35	(41.0 DNC)	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	224	183
40th	Julien Lightfoot	Ross Neville-Jones	Parkstone YC	40	(41.0 DNF)	36	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	41.0 DNC	240	199